Ground Water Department

ACTIVITIES OF GROUND WATER DEPARTMENT:

The main activities of the Department are:

Groundwater surveys for selection of suitable sites for construction of different types of wells for agriculture, drinking water, Govt. Departments and other users under TSWALTA.
Ground levels is being monitored through Piezometer wells, command area and general observation wells to know the changes in water levels and water quality due to applied irrigation.
- This Department is taking up Estimation of Groundwater Resources in the District at periodic intervals for scientific planning, development and management for its sustainability. Groundwater Estimation is a key role in many programmes being taken up by the Government.
- Conducting environmental studies for Sand mining, Granite mining and Industries of Public and private sectors and also carrying out groundwater pollution studies whenever called by the district administration.
- Groundwater investigations in the lands of SC/ST farmers and also construction of exploratory bore wells which were targeted in the annual action plan under Special Component Plan/Tribal Sub Plan.
- Conducting groundwater investigations for selection of sites for construction of Percolation Tanks, Check Dams and Rainwater Harvesting Structures to recharge groundwater.
- Clearance of Infiltration (I.F) wells for Irrigation and drinking water under Lift Irrigation Scheme Programme.
Clearance of Drinking water schemes of Rural Water Supply, Municipal and Nagara panchayats, whenever they are referred to this Department.
- To carryout Hydrogeological, Geophysical and Hydrological investigations to delineate potential zones of groundwater, including water logging areas and groundwater stressed areas for optimum usage.
- Resuscitation depends on Precipitation, Recharge and Artificial Recharge and mitigate the anticipated severity by careful utilization of Groundwater, and also to take collective measures to enable optimum utilization of monsoon rainfall by way of storing and conserving it on top priority by the line departments.

The Ground Water Department is a multi-disciplinary Department engaged mainly in monitoring of groundwater levels, generation and dissemination of data, periodic estimation of groundwater resources as per GEC methodology, investigations for selection of well sites, artificial recharge structures etc, Groundwater feasibility for Land Purchase Scheme and Giri Vikasam to SC and ST landless families, registration of Rigs & Environmental Clearance studies – Groundwater clearances for Industries, Impact studies of Sand mining on groundwater regime etc.

The Department also carries out groundwater quality monitoring from all principal aquifers during pre-as well as post monsoon season and assess its suitability for drinking and irrigation purposes.

GROUNDWATER LEVELS:

The Groundwater department is monitoring the groundwater levels every month through established piezometers under National Hydrology Project (NHP).

DISTRICT AVERAGE
DEPTH TO GROUNDWATER LEVELS in m

(Shallow aquifer depth to water table

below ground level in m)

Fluctuation in Ground Water Levels (m)

Remarks

Pre

Post

Dec-2023 is compared to

Pre

Post

Prev year

For every Four months

Prev year

For previous 3 months

May, 2023

Nov,2023

Dec, 2023

Sept, 2023

Oct, 2023

Nov, 2023

Dec,

2023

May, 2023

Nov, 2023

Dec 2022

Nov, 2023

Oct, 2023

Sept, 2023

5.31

5.24

4.90

4.96

5.52

5.24

5.58

-0.27

-0.34

-0.68

-0.34

-0.06

-0.62

District groundwater level trend is FALLING when compared to Post monsoon Nov-2023.

ESTIMATION OF GROUNDWATER RESOURCES (GEC):

The Groundwater department is estimating the Groundwater Resources in the district annually.

S. No

Estimation of Groundwater Resources (GEC 2022-23)

భూ జల వనరుల అంచనా

District

Geographical area (Ha.m)

Annual extractable groundwater resource (Ha.m)

Groundwater extraction for all uses (Ha.m)

Groundwater balance for future use (Ha.m)

Stage of GW extraction (%)

Category

Jogulamba Gadwal

260369

46845

11363

35007

Safe

SCP (2023-2024):

The Groundwater department is carried out Ground Water feasible surveys for Bore Wells/ Dug wells under SCP Programme.

S. No.	Area referred in acres	Area surveyed in acres	Bore wells recommended	Bore wells drilled	Amount sanctioned by the ED SC corporation, JGD	Balance Bore wells to be drilled	Remarks
					Expenditure incurred in lakhs (INR)
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0

TSP (2023-2024)

The Groundwater department is carried out Ground Water feasible surveys for Bore Wells/ Dug wells under TSP Programme.

S. No.	Area referred in acres	Area surveyed in acres	Bore wells recommended	Bore wells drilled	Amount sanctioned by the Tribal welfare officer, TWO, JGD	Balance Bore wells to be drilled	Remarks
					Expenditure incurred in lakhs (INR)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0

LAND PURCHASE SCHEME (2023-2024):

The Groundwater department is carried out Ground Water feasible surveys for Bore Wells/ Dug wells under LPS Programme.

S. No.	Total area surveyed in acres	Bore wells recommended	Bore wells drilled	Amount sanctioned by the ED SC corporation, JGD		Balance of Bore wells to be drilled	Remarks
				Expenditure incurred in lakhs (INR)	Expenditure incurred in the Year
1	0	0	0	0	0	0

PM-AJAY (2023-2024):

S. No.	Drilling of balance bw under Scheme	Balance BW to be drilled (LPS bw under PM-AJAY scheme)	Bore wells to be drilled	Amount sanctioned by the ED SC corporation, JGD		Execution works status	Remarks
				INR	Date
1	PM-AJAY	99	99	10070855	10/11/2023	Under e Bidding process	No progress due to Election MCC

CMGV (2023-2024):

The Groundwater department is carried out Ground Water feasible surveys for Bore Wells/ Dug wells under CM Girivikasam Programme.

S. No.	Area referred in acres	Area surveyed in acres	Bore wells recommended	Bore wells drilled	Amount sanctioned by the District Rural Development officer, DRDO, JGD	Balance Bore wells to be drilled	Remarks
					Expenditure incurred in lakhs (INR)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0

TS-iPASS (2023-2024):

The Groundwater department is carried out Ground Water feasible surveys for groundwater clearances under TS-iPASS Programme.

S. No	No of Proposals Surveyed	Recommended	Rejected	Remarks
1	1	1	0

TSWALTA (2023-2024):

The Groundwater department is carried out Ground Water feasible surveys for Bore Wells/ Dug wells under TSWALTA Programme for agriculture and drinking water purpose.

S. No	No of Proposals Surveyed	Recommended	Rejected	Remarks
1	03	03	–

SAND MINING (2023-2024):

S. No	No of Proposals Surveyed	Recommended	Rejected	Remarks
1	0	0	–

CHECK DAM SURVEYS/ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE STRUCTURES (2023-2024):

S. No	No of Proposals Surveyed	Recommended	Rejected	Year	Remarks
1	19	19	–

FRESH WATER AQUACULTURE SURVEYS (2023-2024):

The groundwater investigations have carried out for groundwater clearance for fishponds sites under fresh water aquaculture surveys.

S. No	No of Proposals Surveyed	Recommended	Rejected	Remarks
1	0	0	–

GROUND WATER EXRACTION RULES:

The groundwater extraction charges framed for ground water users

S. No	No of Notices served (Industries, Infrastructures, Commercial, Bulk water supply units, Mining Projects)	No. of users regularized	No. of users registered	Groundwater extraction charges (Rs.)	Remarks
1	53	8	8	11363/-	June-2023 onwards

Ground Water Department Officer and Staff Contact Numbers:

S. No.	Name of the Employee (sri/Smt)	Designation	Mobile No.	Email. Id
1	Dr. G. Mohan	District Ground Water Officer (I/c)	9154299824	mhngeol@gmail.com
2	S. Paramesh Goud	Asst. Hydrogeologist	9948426413	Paramesh707@gmail.com
3	Shabhana Begum	Junior Assistant	8639873932	786shabhana123@gmail.com
4	K Chandra Sekhar Rao	Data Entry Operator	9573156453	Sekharpost0008@gmail.com